QA Automation Engineer
Location: DE, BE, Berlin
Department: Development
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Entry level
Industry: Information Technology and Services

Company profile:

Job description:
Contentful (#URL_0252efddcbc4b8f51969fca7b054595976ea4678fd880b3653151e618d447b33#) is an API-first content management platform for web and mobile applications and the first cloud-based service to allow content to be distributed across any device, application or platform, with one single input.Content is managed in a completely presentation-independent format and can be served to all current and future platforms, including iOS, Android, Google Glass or interactive JavaScript apps.We are growing quickly and have paying customers from all around the world (Playboy, Axel Springer, Nike, Teehan+Lax, Akqa, …). We are funded by the world’s leading VCs, Benchmark’s European sister Balderton (MySQL, Redhat, Twitter, New Relic, Dropbox) and SaaS expert Point Nine Capital (ZenDesk, Unbounce, Server Density). Our advisory board includes key personalities from the BBC, Apple, Rovio, Heroku, Symantec as well as thought leaders in the Web and Content Management space.As the first QA Automation Engineer you’ll be the main person on our team to make sure that our customers get an amazing experience with our bug-free software. You’ll be the guardian of our outstanding customer experience.You will able to dive into many aspects of our user interface and APIs, define a strategy for testing new features and functionality, and be responsible for quantifying and improving quality data across Contentful. Your job is to keep our quality bar set high, and to help us identify and execute ways to raise it even higher.

Requirements:
Experience in non-trivial projects in Ruby or JavaScriptGood knowledge of tools like Selenium WebDriver and / or Cucumber and RspecExperience testing in browser JavaScript applications that communicate with server side APIsYou have a good understanding of how web applications are built and workYou have experience in replicating bugs and problems and including it in test casesYou’re confident with common UNIX command line toolsYou get stuff done. We are looking for someone we can trust to do a good job without much handholding - you should enjoy responsibility.

Benefits:
The Web is changing and becoming more interactive, be part of this revolution and work with cutting-edge technologies on the future of the Web.Join a real tech company that counts among its investor and advisors people like Francesco Cesarini (Erlang Solutions) and Adam Wiggins (Heroku)Get exposure and work with other technologies we use in house: Erlang, Rails, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, #URL_a58bd7bd48420a1f4774598bc5f1451bdcc79baee91a357c1d69e8aede501d73# and others.Be part of a team of technical experts in a company where technology is key and matters.Enjoy a significant training budget (money and time) that you can spend on conferences and courses.Be in a fast-paced environment in a company that’s growing quickly. Garner responsibility and make a significant impact, instead of being just another cog in a machine.A fun workplace right in the heart of Berlin.Competitive salary and stock options.